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View Poll Results: Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed? Please select all that apply

Voters

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Marijuana (Cannabis indica) should not be farmed for any use

3340.24%

Marijuana (Cannabis indica) should be farmed for medicinal purposes

2530.49%

Marijuana (Cannabis indica) should be farmed for purposes similar to those of alcohol and tobacco

3137.80%

Farming Marijuana and or Hemp would boost our economy

3441.46%

Hemp (Cannabis indica) should never be farmed

3441.46%

Hemp (Cannabis indica) should be farmed

2834.15%

Hemp should not be farmed, as law enforcement cannot tell it apart from Marijuana

11.22%

Hemp should be farmed, as it is looks noticeably different from Marijuana

910.98%

Marijuana and Hemp are both principally the same as they both can be used recreationally

22.44%

Marijuana and Hemp are different plants; Hemp does not contain enough THC to be used recreationally

Re: Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed in the U.S.?

Originally Posted by NGNM85

According to a 1998 government study, over a third of violent crimes involved alcohol consumption, and that in two-thirds of incidences of domestic violence, the participants had been drinking. (http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/ascii/AC.TXT) Alcohol is, by far, the most socially destructive drug.

and we all know the result of attempting to outlaw that one.

The bottom line is that outlawing drugs simply does not work. We'd be far better off to treat drug addiction as a medical problem, not a legal one.

Education does work. Look what happened to smoking, once the proof of how destructive it is to health became known to everyone: Once, about 50% of adults smoked, now it's more like 12%. When people make informed choices, they tend to make better choices. The government making choices for them simply doesn't work.

"Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud... [he's] playing the American public for suckers." Mitt Romney

Re: Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed in the U.S.?

Originally Posted by Dittohead not!

and we all know the result of attempting to outlaw that one.

The bottom line is that outlawing drugs simply does not work. We'd be far better off to treat drug addiction as a medical problem, not a legal one.

Education does work. Look what happened to smoking, once the proof of how destructive it is to health became known to everyone: Once, about 50% of adults smoked, now it's more like 12%. When people make informed choices, they tend to make better choices. The government making choices for them simply doesn't work.

I wouldn't even think of it. I was just pointing out the absurdity of the position of the opponants of Cannabis legalization, who balk at the thought, yet, seemingly, are completely tolerant of drugs that substantially more destructive, both to individual users, and society as a whole.

Economic Left/Right: -7.25, Authoritarian/Libertarian:-7.13
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. -Noam Chomsky

Re: Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed in the U.S.?

Originally Posted by TheDemSocialist

Can someone make one honest reason why this should not be legal with logical, true facts?

In short; No.

Economic Left/Right: -7.25, Authoritarian/Libertarian:-7.13
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume. -Noam Chomsky

Re: Should the farming of hemp and or marijuana be allowed in the U.S.?

Originally Posted by Basher

Is it legal to cultivate hemp?

No. Hemp looks too much like the devil weed, and some people could plant some illegal crops camouflaged by the legal stuff.

We must stamp out the devil weed, as it makes darkies think that they are the equal of whites, and makes white women want to sleep with black men. At least, that was the rationale for having outlawed it in the first place.

"Donald Trump is a phony, a fraud... [he's] playing the American public for suckers." Mitt Romney